You and I; . BOOKS AND ASSOCIATES. BY GEO. W. WILLIARD, D. HERE is no periodof time of which itcould be moretruthfully said that ofmaking books there isno end, than of thepresent. The countryis literally flooded with:s upon almost every imaginable topic —books, good, bad and indifferent — so as to suitand in many cases pander to the tastes of thepeople. And yet, great as this enterprise is, it is perhapsnot more so than in other departments of life, show-ing the wonderful energy and activity of the age in whichwe live. There is, also, as any one must see, an unusual amountof intelligence,
You and I; . BOOKS AND ASSOCIATES. BY GEO. W. WILLIARD, D. HERE is no periodof time of which itcould be moretruthfully said that ofmaking books there isno end, than of thepresent. The countryis literally flooded with:s upon almost every imaginable topic —books, good, bad and indifferent — so as to suitand in many cases pander to the tastes of thepeople. And yet, great as this enterprise is, it is perhapsnot more so than in other departments of life, show-ing the wonderful energy and activity of the age in whichwe live. There is, also, as any one must see, an unusual amountof intelligence, and a thirst for knowledge. Men run to andfro after knowledge, and are eager for what is new and oldso that as soon any book is brought before the public, atall adapted to the times, there are thousands to purchase andread it, thus making a great demand for books. So great,. 90 YOU AND I. 91 indeed, is the thirst for knowledge, that no individual or familyought to be without books. They have become an indispens-able article in every well regulated family
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